US EditionTed Cruz claims ‘Christian mass murder’ is occurring in Nigeria. The data disagrees
Ted Cruz seeks Nigeria's designation as a country of particular concern over alleged religious freedom violations amid data showing 317 targeted Christian deaths out of 20,409 total.
- On October 17, 2025, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz urged Congress to designate Nigeria over alleged `Christian mass murder`, with a bill introduced last month awaiting Senate action while Nigeria rejects the claims.
- Analysts point to legal standards and multiple data points to question a genocide label, as ACLED recorded 20,409 deaths from 11,862 attacks between January 2020 and this September, including 385 attacks against Christians causing 317 deaths.
- Boko Haram extremist group and farmer-herder clashes in north-central and northwestern regions drive violence, with Christian farmers and Muslim Fulani herders involved amid varied motives.
- A U.S. designation could result in sanctions, though Nigeria's 2020 listing for religious freedom violations was lifted in 2023 to improve ties ahead of Antony Blinken's visit.
- The Christian Association of Nigeria said it has long highlighted Christian persecution, while Joseph Hayab and Nigeria's Information Minister reject a genocide label and call for addressing violence.
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Ted Cruz claims ‘Christian mass murder’ is occurring in Nigeria. The data disagrees
By OPE ADETAYO, Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has been trying to rally fellow evangelical Christians and urge Congress to designate Nigeria as a violator of religious freedom with unfounded claims of “Christian mass murder,” which the government of the West African nation has vehemently rejected as false. Cruz, a Republican member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wants Nigeria to be designated a country of p…
Ted Cruz claims 'Christian mass murder' is occurring in Nigeria. The data disagrees
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has been trying to rally fellow evangelical Christians and urge Congress to designate Nigeria as a violator of religious freedom with unfounded claims of “Christian mass murder." The government of the West African nation has rejected…
Nigeria denies Ted Cruz’s ‘Christian genocide’ claims
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has been trying to rally fellow evangelical Christians and urge Congress to designate Nigeria as a violator of religious freedom with unfounded claims of “Christian mass murder,” which the government of the West African nation has vehemently rejected as false.
A US senator claims ‘Christian mass murder’ is occurring in Nigeria.
LAGOS: US Sen. Ted Cruz has been trying to rally fellow evangelical Christians and urge Congress to designate Nigeria as a violator of religious freedom with unfounded claims of “Christian mass murder,” which the government of the West African nation has vehemently rejected as false. Cruz, a Republican member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wants Nigeria to be
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